Biscuitty Boyce Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I like this fella's ambition... http://www.thenational.scot/sport/football-ross-county-move-rekindles-chris-robertsons-long-lost-scotland-dream.6588 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I like this fella's ambition... http://www.thenational.scot/sport/football-ross-county-move-rekindles-chris-robertsons-long-lost-scotland-dream.6588 Let's be honest, if Mark Reynolds can be a bit part squad player when a lot of guys are hurt, Robertson could too. Unlike Aberdeen fans, I'm not going to suggest he should be though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I think RSB's latest post in the Kyle Macleod thread may be the finest thing he's every written. Or it would be, if I could understand a single sentence... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Who was the last County player to score on their competitive debut? I'm guessing Darren Maatsen? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldo Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Who was the last County player to score on their competitive debut? I'm guessing Darren Maatsen? Curran did last season in the 1-1 draw at Dens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Steven Ross is apparently joining Darren Barr, Mark Brown and Steven Craig at your central Scotland second Xi. Can't say I've ever heard of him, any good? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartTaylor Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Steven Ross is apparently joining Darren Barr, Mark Brown and Steven Craig at your central Scotland second Xi. Can't say I've ever heard of him, any good? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtxUCy-ciOA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Steven Ross is apparently joining Darren Barr, Mark Brown and Steven Craig at your central Scotland second Xi. Can't say I've ever heard of him, any good? File under "not quite good enough". There's a decent Championship midfielder/forward in there somewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 File under "not quite good enough". There's a decent Championship midfielder/forward in there somewhere. Midfielder/forward worries me. It's an out and out striker we're really needing not a deep lying type of player who holds the ball up etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuitty Boyce Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Best position is definitely centre midfield where I think he will do well in the championship. A hardworking player who McIntyre wanted to keep at the club. However you'll resent him if he's played up front. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 By the sounds of things he's been signed as a striker. We have a power of central midfielders and Aitken has been referring to him as a 'striker' all week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Very hard working player without a cutting edge yet. Best played as a box-to-box midfielder in a 4-3-3, next to an anchor and a more creative type. Jackson Irvine-lite. IMO. He played as a striker under Derek Adams and got a run of games in a poor team. He does the out-of-possession stuff well but proved not to be clinical or instinctive in the box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Well he sounds an improvement on Gordon Smith who wasn't a very hard working player without a cutting edge. He's definitely been signed to play up front, possibly partnering Stevie Craig. We shall see what fortunes it brings us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Someone has posted in our thread that he had an excellent scoring record at Brora, struggling to find any stats on Google. Chanting 29 goals in 30 odd games. Anyone got the stats for his loan spells? I'm trying to convince myself he's a prolific 30 a season striker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 He scored loads for Brora on loan a couple of seasons back, but they often gub teams with huge scores. I saw them beat Rothes 11-0 at the start of the season. I doubt you'll find the records anywhere unless Brora have a match report archive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 It just occurred to me that it will have been a year this week (Thursday morning) since George and Derek Adams got the sack. It's been a interesting year. Floundering at the bottom of the division, seemingly one disruptive season too many. What a run from 14 February to the end of the season, and County are still showing that they're competitive for mid-table, hopefully towards the upper end of that. Derek is doing well at Plymouth, winning three out of four league games. Graham Carey is playing very well as the number 10, Jake Jervis is thriving on the flank. I suspect that some of the defensive football in League 2 isn't as strong as the Premiership but good on them. Looking back at some of Derek's quotes immediately after the sacking is quite interesting. The club wanted to go back to being a community club and that is something they had also talked to us about over many years The director of football and I were adamant that we wanted to look to the first team - to try to get the club into the Premier League and, over the last seasons, we've done that. I think it's the wrong direction they've taken. What does it mean to go back to its roots and be a community club? I am not sure what that means. I suppose it means introducing The Ross County Foundation (I still don't fully know what it does, but it's a registered charity to help the community with a football flavour, and it keeps Stevie Ferguson busy). It probably also means having the Staggies Bar, which appears to be a success so far. I still fully appreciate what Messrs Adams gave Ross County. But the two appeared quite happy with their repeated short-termism (not just in playing but also coaching staff) and it just wasn't sustainable. Had they still been at the club last season, maybe County could have escaped but it would have taken further plundering of players of the ilk of Songo'o and Cikos - great players but who were never going to stay here long term. By the beginning of February I was convinced County were going down, but I felt things would have clicked under McIntyre and that they should have allowed him to follow through with rebuilding. Thankfully it didn't come to that. In the weeks leading up to this time last year, there was most definitely a dark cloud over the place. There was a negative atmosphere due to the boardroom friction and the fact that Adams's new crop of signings were mostly guff. Today, we can be genuinely optimistic about so many aspects. Derek was very professional indeed, with a great attention to detail, but the current management have been given the chance to better that. This time next year, hopefully, is a little more easy to predict, with the existing squad still remaining together and competing well. I look forward to seeing Jackson Irvine with another 40 games' experience. Will County be able to keep him? Liam Boyce has just been called up for the NI squad, will he make the Euros? I'd love to see that happen. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I see the BBC are claiming that we were in for Billy Mckay. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34074171 I find it hard to believe that we would be willing to pay anywhere near that amount for a player. It would have been a fantastic GIRUY to ICT though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 County might have asked for a loan but were blown out of the water, to b*****dise a quote from Tommy Wright. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seancedin Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Reports suggesting he's probably not going to Dundee United. Hibs have apparently made a move but still talk of County seeking a loan. We've finally got some strikers in who can put away goals, so not sure McKay is needed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) None of the three forwards play on the last shoulder, Jim has been looking for that type of striker to complete the set. An East Fife fan on twitter said the other night that County put in a bid for Nathan Austin, who would be the ideal signing for the squad IMO. Billy Mckay would be a brilliant - and hilarious - signing. But I don't believe it will happen. ETA: I saw on Twitter last night that Kyle Macleod's loan to Elgin has been extended to January. Good news. Edited August 27, 2015 by bunglebonce 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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